English poem
The End
by Ethel Colburn Mayne (1865–1941)
Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. at Paul's Work, Edinburgh
This text uses a unique type of ellipsis to represent where material has been left out of poetry quotations and out of the story line of a poem. They are indicated here by five asterisks:
* * * * *
The number of periods in ellipses match the original.
Thought breaks in the text are indicated by the following:
+ + + + +
The word manoeuvre used an ae ligature in the original.
Words in italics in the original are surrounded by underscores.
The following words appear in the original with and without hyphens:
commonplace/common-place disgrace/dis-grace moonbeam/moon-beam wellnigh/well-nigh